Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-25
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CONFUSION OYER CLEyELAND,S
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LATEST CONUNDRUM.
Is Cleveland in the Presidential Race, or
Isn't He?

WASHINGTON, April 24th.-TSpecial. /
The Daily Post prints an editorial to-day
written after talk with Cleveland on the
subject of his reported declination to take
the nomination for second term. The
Post says: 1.-The President has never said
whether he would or would not accept the
nomination for a second term. He has
never said whether he did or did not wish
to be renominated. He has never said
that he believed in one term for President
of the United States. He understood per
fectly that no public servant is independent
OF the citizens of the country to whom he
owes his elevation, and that it would be
mere coneeit and seltishness to set up his
judgment or wishes in opposition to those
of the Democratic party. Mr.. Cleveland
has sometime said do not want. and
shall not seek, any vindieaIion | don't
want any man to favor my reelection be-
cause he thinks l have been nisrepresented
or misunderstood in some quarters, and
am entitled toit.'" And he has sometimes
laughingly said to Senators of political as
pirations, This is good deal of bother
if any of you fellows can do any better you
are welcome to try your hand But the
President strongly resembles George Wash
lngton In one particular-he never slops
over. He never jumps into ditch until
he comes to it. and never answers a oues-
ton until it has been asked He is not
afflicted with verbal prematurity, and the
grave and serious Senator who is capable
of so misunderstanding him as to repre-
sent him as threatening to disobey the or
ders of the Democratic party shows that
he has studied Grover Cleyeland's charac-
ter in vain"
THE FIRST REPORT REAFFIRMED.
ST. LOUIS; April 24th.-The Republicans
Washington correspondent, again referring
to the Presidential denomination matter.
gives the following A story has come to
the correspondent of the Republican to-
night significantly confrmatory of the con
versation between the President and his
Senatorial visitor. This story is TO the ef-
feet that the President had quite recently
prepared a letter to be made public setting
forth his views in regard TO the second
term in plain, distinct words, and quail
fiedly declaring that he would not be
candidate for reelection. Yielding to the
earnest persuasions of his friends, he con-
sented to withhold the letter for the pres
ent, at least, if not to wholly abandon his
intention of giving it to the public. This
story is told on the authority
who was in Washington few
days ago. He told several of
his friends, while here, and Immediately
after coming from the White House, that he
had been shown the draft of letter such
as has been already characterized, and his
advice was asked regarding the policy of
such publication. He said the letter re-
ferred at some length to the opposition of a
certain element of the Democratic party to
the reelection of Cleveland and the chance
that this might defeat the ticket After
referring to this well-known factor in the
existing political situation, Colonel Dor
sheimer says the President went or in his
letter, to say that he deemed it wise, in
view Of the circumstances, to withdraw his
name from all consideration in connection
with the nomination He announced in
unequivocal terms that he was not can
didate, and suggested that some other
leader, who could command the united
support of the whole party, be selected as
the standard bearer in 1885,
Colonel Dorsheimer stated that he at once
protested against any public use of the
letter as proposed. He told the President
there was no need for him to adopt this
step now, whatever might prove to be wise
hereafter. He urged the President to aban-
don the idea for the present at any rate.
and finally induced him to yield to his per